Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Nationwide summer E15 waiver request, the American tax system, the 2024 presidential election, the national security supplemental, the FARMER Act, the Farm Bill and efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
Q: What’s your recent work on behalf of Iowa airports and sustainable aviation fuel?
A: Throughout my service in the U.S. Senate, I make it my business to ensure the people’s business is managed effectively throughout the federal bureaucracy. From tracking taxpayer dollars to holding federal agencies accountable for the services they provide the American...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Republicans’ push to reorient the committee’s focus to fiscal matters is taking hold in Washington. Under Democratic leadership, the Budget Committee this Congress has held 15 hearings on the climate and just three directly on the budget. Republicans received kudos for their letter this week pushing back on the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), co-chairs of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, are teaming up on legislation to end abuse of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) aircraft registration process. The Preventing Terrorist and Narcotic Air Events Act would close loopholes at FAA that allow...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in calling on President Biden to permit nationwide E15 sales this summer. Their letter underscores the geopolitical importance of uninterrupted biofuels access and notes the president directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue summertime...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today participated in a hearing on chronic care and Medicare physician payment. Witnesses confirmed to Grassley the need to modernize Medicare rules and payments to ensure access to rural health care.
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are spearheading an effort to safeguard Second Amendment rights while preventing guns from falling into the wrong hands. The trio of Senate Judiciary Committee members today introduced legislation requiring relevant agencies and institutions to submit accurate records to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and 41 Republican senators sent a letter calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to fulfill the Senate’s constitutional duty by holding a trial to consider the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“Our brave men and women at Customs...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), on legislation to establish a minimum workload requirement at U.S. Army arsenals, including Rock Island Arsenal. The Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act incentivizes...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in introducing legislation to strengthen crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable for producers.
“A strong crop insurance program is integral to the success of America’s farming...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are seeking public accountability from the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to properly vet a longtime taxpayer-funded FBI Confidential Human Source (CHS) who was recently federally indicted for providing false information.
In a letter this week to FBI Director Christopher...
WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today co-chaireda Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Controlhearing to examinehowshell companies facilitate transnational criminal activity.
During questioning, Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Rebecca Shea, who leads its Forensic Audits and Investigative Service department, confirmed findings of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is calling on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats to move forward with a bipartisan Farm Bill in short order. In a letter today to Schumer, Grassley pointed out the Farm Bill’s notable absence from Schumer’s recent...
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and eight Senate Budget Committee Republicans shared with Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) pressing facts about the U.S. economic outlook, calling on him and majority committee members to focus on fiscal matters. Under Democrat leadership, the committee this Congress has convened 15 hearings on climate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today released a report examining how loopholes in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) registration process are abused by drug cartels and other bad actors to enhance the global drug trade and threaten our national security.
“While...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) contacted seven federal agencies with open Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations for improving the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure. In addition to urging administrators to close the recommendations – some of which are years old – Grassley is demanding records on their departments’...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Farm Bill, the Audit the Pentagon Act, nationwide year-round E-15, Russian disinformation, 99 county meetings and priorities for Congress.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The cities of Cedar Rapids and Davenport will receive significant federal funding to reinforce aging transportation infrastructure and enhance flood and natural disaster resiliency. Cedar Rapids will receive $56,400,000 and Davenport will receive $13,119,400, respectively. Both grants will be administered through the Promoting Resilient...
DAVENPORT, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today welcomed juniors and seniors from southeast and eastern Iowa high schools to his fifth Federal Judiciary Youth Summit.
The summit is part of Grassley’s long-standing effort to encourage civic engagement among young Iowans and...
Q: What federal law did you steer through Congress to improve the nation’s organ transplant system?
A: Nearly 20 years ago, I launched an oversight investigation from the Senate Finance Committee to keep check on the nation’s organ donation system. For too long, I heard far too many stories of patients who lost their lives due to negligence and abuse of the...
